Do you need to align the xenons after lowering your car?
04-15-2004, 11:48 AM
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Do you need to align the xenons after lowering your car?
<center><img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/43394/nice3.jpg"></center><p>Asking the s4 forum because Xenons were standard on US models. Im about to drop my a4 with Koni coilovers and I was wondering if it's necessary to adjust the xenons with manually or even with a vag.
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Jon
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04-15-2004, 12:04 PM
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Generally speaking...no.
There are front and rear sensors clipped to the control arms. If the front drops a lot relative to the rear, they auto leveling system will compensate.
04-15-2004, 12:05 PM
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BTW, make sure you tell the person doing the install to unhook the front leveling sensor
prior to doing the install (and likewise, stick your head in the wheel well to make sure they remembered to reattach it afterwards).
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nothing to do with "raked" - this will be compensated by self-leveling motors
but generally, when the car is lower, same angle of headlights provide shorter light coverage, so you may want to readjust
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04-15-2004, 12:20 PM
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On the front left lower control arm, just behind where the shock attaches, you'll notice a little
clip around the control arm. Unhook that clip, and move the leveling sensor arm out of the way.
Look in your wheel well, and it will make sense.
Look in your wheel well, and it will make sense.